ASIA CENTER - SHORT TERM INVITATION PROGRAM FOR CULTURAL LEADERS

The Invitation Program for Cultural Leaders aims to provide prominent persons in cultural and social fields and leaders of special importance in the ten ASEAN countries with a firsthand introduction to Japan to enhance their awareness and understanding of the country.

FY2018

Singapore
Lam Peng Er
(Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore)

Philippines
Liza Diño-Seguerra
(Chairperson and CEO, Film Development Council of the Philippines)

December 9 to 18, 2017
Stayed in: Tokyo, Fukuoka, Kyoto
Visited: Production I.G., The Japan Institute of the Moving Image, Fukuoka International Film Festival Secretariat, The Fukuoka City Public Library Film Archive, Mr. Adrian Wood (Restoration Asia), Kyoto University of Art & Design (Department of Film Production), Japan Community Cinema Center, The National Film Center, and others.

September 25 to October 2, 2017
Stayed in: Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo
Visited: The National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka University (Graduate School of Medicine), the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyoto University (Center for Southeast Asian Studies/ Institute for Research in Humanities), Shunkoin Temple, The University of Tokyo (Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia/ Institute of Gerontology), Tokyo National Museum, and others.

February 12 to 26, 2017
Stayed in: Tokyo, Kanagawa, Kyoto
Visited: Toho Studios, Toei Movie Studios, the National Film Center, Kamakura City Kawakita Film Museum, Kyoto University (Center for Southeast Asian Studies), Tokyo University of the Arts (Graduate School of Film and New Media), Kyoto University of Art and Design, JETRO (Institute of Developing Economies), KINOHAUS, Kyoto Minami-Kaikan, and others.

February 20 to March 5, 2017
Stayed in: Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo (Himeji), Tokyo
Visited: Osaka University (Osaka School of International Public Policy), Kyoto University (Center for Integrated Area Studies), The Museum Meiji-mura, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Waseda University (Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies), Toyo University, Toyo Bunko, and others.

Public Lecture "Across Borders in Southeast Asia Today" on February 28, 2017 at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo.